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Niners wide receiver Isaac Bruce seems to be ending his NFL career much the way he played it. Quietly, and without much self-promotion.

The last remaining Los Angeles Rams player still active -- Bruce was a second-round draft pick there in 1994 -- is preparing for what figures to be his last hurrah.

Sunday's game against the St. Louis Rams at the Edward Jones Dome, where Bruce was a standout until he left for San Francisco after the 2007 season, figures to be his last, capping a prolific career in which he compiled 15,208 receiving yards - second-most in league history -- and 1,024 catches, which ranks fifth among NFL receivers.

Now the dean of a young, developing 49ers receiving corps that features first-round draft pick Michael Crabtree, Bruce, 37, was supplanted from the starting lineup in mid-season by Josh Morgan. This week, Morgan and other 49ers receivers approached coach Mike Singletary and Morgan offered to return his starting spot to Bruce, a four-time Pro Bowler and one of the signature players in the Rams' "Greatest Show on Turf" Super Bowl era.

 

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